Goaltender Jeff Teglia is coming off the flu, and could see some action this weekend.

With sophomore goaltender Jeff Teglia recovered from the flu, and looking good in practice, UMass coach Toot Cahoon said Tuesday he'd ideally like to get both him and freshman Kevin Boyle some work this weekend when the Minutemen host Bentley University Friday, and play at Providence Saturday.

Senior co-captain Danny Hobbs, who missed the season opener at Northeastern last Friday, is also back skating.

The UMass coaching staff was busy scouting over the holiday weekend, One of the under-16, and under-18 midget tournaments was held at the Mullins Center last Friday and Saturday was organized by former Minuteman Peter Alden of East Coast Classic Tournaments.

When UMass blocked 12 shots in the second period of the Northeastern game, it wasn't luck. Cahoon said that blocking shots is a "topic" every day. "It's something we need to get better at." Part of the reason that figure was so high against Northeastern was that there were two 5 on 3's UMass had to kill off during that session.

UMass is listed in the others receiving votes category of the first U.S. College Hockey Online Top 20 Poll. Boston College was ranked first. BU was eighth, Merrimack 13th, New Hampshire 15th, and Maine 17th.

Bentley (Friday, 7 p.m.) is the first of four non-conference home games for UMass during the first semester. The others are Holy Cross Nov. 11; Harvard Dec. 2; and Yale Dec. 7.

A good sign - The Minutemen fired 39 shots on goal in the opener at Northeastern, It took them until the 18th game to hit that high a total last year. That was 40 shots in a 5-4 win at UMass-Lowell Jan. 14. They had 41 in a 2-2 tie at home to Northeastern Jan. 29 (Chirs Rawlings was again in goal for Northeastern), and had a season-high 45 shots in aother home tie, this time to Providence Feb. 12.

Favorite road rinks to play on? For defenseman Michael Marcou it's Maine and Northeastern; for speedy forward T.J. Syner of Springfield, it's Northeastern and New Hampshire.